FLYNN:
(Mutters softly) (Mutters) Abracadabra!
DODLY:
Hi, Flynn. What are you up to?
FLYNN:
Hi, Dodly. I am practising to be a magician.
DODLY:
Oh.
FLYNN:
Hey, Dodly, Do you want to be my assistant?
DODLY:
Yes, please! A magician's assistant - that'd be great. What do you want me to do?
FLYNN:
OK, if my assistant can pass me my silk handkerchief.
DODLY:
Here you go.
FLYNN:
Thank you, assistant. Now, ladies and jelly monsters, please observe. I have six eggs on the wall. One, two, three, four, five, six. Now I am about to make one egg disappear.
DODLY:
Egg-cellent!
FLYNN:
Abracadabra. Ta-da! I had six eggs, and one has disappeared. How many are left?
DODLY:
One, two, three, four, five. Six eggs take away one egg leaves five.
FLYNN:
(Gasps) Look what you've done! Dodly, you've ruined my trick.
DODLY:
Flynn, I'm shocked. I thought you really made the egg disappear, but it was just a trick. That's not magic. If you were magic, you'd look at these five egg, pick up your wand and make one disappear. Abracadabra! Oh! Five eggs take away one leaves four! Then how many eggs would you have left if you were really magic and could go like this and make another one disappear? Abracadabra... Four eggs take away one egg leaves... ..three eggs! And how many would be left if another one disappeared?
FLYNN:
Ah! Two? Dodly, you're really making these eggs disappear.
DODLY:
I am. This wand must be magic.
FLYNN:
Here, can I try?
DODLY:
Mm.
FLYNN:
Two eggs take away one leaves...
DODLY:
Here, let me show you. Leaves one. It's not the wand. It must be me! Ha - I'm magic! (Chants) Magic, magic me! Magic, magic me!
FLYNN:
Right. One egg... Ladies and jelly monsters, I will make it disappear, leaving no eggs. Abracadabra. Oobily-scoobily! Bottomsly-snottemsly! Oh. This is not good. (Sighs)
CHILD:
Every might it's the same - Mum gives me six peas with my dinner. One, two, three, four, five, six. I don't like peas. They're always the last thing I eat. And I eat them one by one. Six peas take away one - that leaves one, two, three, four, five. Five more peas to go. Five peas take away one more. Now I only have how many? Four. Four peas take away another yucky pea - that leaves me three. Three peas take away one more - just two to go. Two take away one leaves... one. Now I've got you.
MOTHER:
Charlie! Have you finished your peas? I thought you might like to try some brussels sprouts.
CHILD:
Eugh!
GIRL:
One of my favourite sports is tenpin bowls. It's called tenpin bowls because there are ten pins. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. I have to try to bowl them all over. I knocked over six! That leaves one, two, three, four. Four pins! Now I get to have another go to see how many of the four left I can bowl over. I bowled three over, which leaves just one. If you bowl all ten pins over in one go, it's called a strike. Yes! It's great when you get a strike!
FLYNN:
One, two, three, four, five. OK, I'm going to try and see if I can work some magic. Ladies and jelly monsters, I have five muffins and I will make one muffin disappear. Abra-munabra-badab, ah... What is it? Abracadab... Abracadabra! (Gasps) It worked! I did it. I had five muffins. I made one disappear, and look how many I've got left. One, two, three, four. Right. I can do this again. Four muffins - another one is going to disappear. Abracadabra! (Gasps) Wow! This is great! Four muffins and one disappears. That leaves... three! I'm getting so good at this, I'm going to try to make two disappear at once. How many muffins, ladies and jelly monsters, will I have if I make two disappear? Abracadabra! What... what... what's going on? Dodly? Dodly!?
DODLY:
Um...
FLYNN:
Did you take the muffins?
DODLY:
No. Oh, yes! (Sobs)
FLYNN:
That means I can't do magic. Well, I still need to show my audience what happens when I have three muffins and two disappear. So here, Dodly - eat two more so we can see what happens.
DODLY:
Oh, I'm too full, Flynn. I couldn't eat another muffin again. Ever!
FLYNN:
Dodly... I insist.
DODLY:
Oh! (Gulps)
FLYNN:
Thank you, assistant Dodly. And for your help, you can have the last muffin.
DODLY:
(Moans)
FLYNN:
(Laughs)
WOMAN:
# Ten little eggs Rise and shine # One of them hatched And then there were nine # Nine little eggs Another couldn't wait # So it hatched and then left eight # Eight little eggs One called Kevin # Decided to hatch and then there were... # Seven # Seven little eggs Another one kicks # Leg's out! Off he goes! # Now there are... six # Six little eggs Six and no more # Then two of them hatched # Count back - five, four # Four little eggs That's more than a few # Then two more hatched Count back - three, two # Two little eggs still enjoying the sun # One said, 'I'm out of here.' # And that left one. #
GIRL:
I think today I'll go for a fly. It's amazing the things you can see in the sky. A flock of birds! I wonder how many there are. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! Eight beautiful birds making the number eight. One's flying away. How many birds are left. Seven birds - the flock's getting smaller. One more has gone. Six are left. There goes another one. That leaves five. One more has left. Now there are four. Four take away another one leaves three. Three birds. Bye-bye, one more. Now there are two. Now there's just one. Don't go without me.
DODLY:
(Hums)
FLYNN:
Hi, Dodly. That's a good assistant's hat.
DODLY:
Oh, thanks.
FLYNN:
You know, I've just finished doing the best magic trick ever.
DODLY:
What did you do?
FLYNN:
Well, I took six guinea pigs, and put them in the magic hat.
DODLY:
Right.
FLYNN:
Then I took two guinea pigs out of the hat, so how many guinea pigs should there be in the hat now?
DODLY:
Well, there has to be less than six if you put six in and took some out.
FLYNN:
Yes, but can you give me an exact answer?
DODLY:
Oh, well, I can try but I might need something to help me, or can I use the guinea pigs' carrots?
FLYNN:
Sure, sure. Go right ahead.
DODLY:
So you put six guinea pigs in the hat. Mm... One, two, three, four, five, six. So I'll take away one, and two. So six take away two leaves four. You should have four guinea pigs left in the hat.
FLYNN:
Tah-dah! There should be four. But look, no guinea pigs. Magic.
DODLY:
Oh... Poor little guinea pigs. Where are they? They must be around here somewhere. Here, guinea piggies. Here, guinea piggies!
FLYNN:
Don't worry, Dodly. I'll just magic them back.
DODLY:
Oh, good.
FLYNN:
(Clears throat) # Four little guinea pigs Cut and fat # I want you all Back in the hat. # Tah-dah. Oh, no. Something's gone wrong. I've lost them. I wonder what went wrong. Oh... Here, guinea pigs. Here, guinea pigs!
DODLY:
Ah... Flynn! I think I know what went wrong. Ah... Aren't they gorgeous?
FLYNN:
Little things!
DODLY:
(Laughs) Oh! Aren't they gorgeous? Yeah, little cutie cuties!
